Tagged: soil health
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor October 2021
October 4, 2021
How Best to Establish Oilseed Rape Dare I say it, cabbage stem flea beetle has taught us a lot about how best to establish oilseed rape. Once again, early August sowing has worked a treat, with crops direct-drilled into long… Read more
Tagged # agrii agronomist, arable farming, break crops, Cereals, cover crops, crop competition, crop establishment, cultivations, early drilling, fertiliser, Flea Beetle, greg taylor, harvest, how to establish osr, improve soil structure, manure, pre-em, soil health, Soil structure, sustainable farming, talking agronomy, tillage, wheat, when to drill crops, winter cereals, winter crops
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor
September 7, 2021
September 2021 Another catchy harvest, and wheat yields have been decidedly mixed so far. On the plus side, though, a week of unsettled weather before most of our wheat came ready was just what we needed to drill most of… Read more
Tagged # agrii agronomist, arable farming, cover crops, crop competition, cultivations, greg taylor, harvest, improve soil structure, manure, soil health, Soil structure, talking agronomy, tillage
Would More Sulphur Improve Vegetable Quality?
April 27, 2021
RB209 states field brassicas need 50-75 kg SO3/ha/year, but trials with higher rates based on Dutch practices have led to better yields and crop quality asks Joe Johnson. The role of sulphur in supporting crop quality is widely recognised, but… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronmist, crop nutrition, crops, Improved yield, nitrogen, nutrients, nutrition, RB209, SO3, soil, soil health, sulphur, vegetable, vegetable crops, vegetable specialist, verimark, yield quality
Transitioning to No-Till on heavy ground
February 12, 2021
Regenerative agriculture based on the least possible tillage is attracting growing interest across the UK for the opportunities it offers to improve soil health and resilience, increase farmland biodiversity, and cut carbon emissions. However, direct drilling experiences of the past… Read more
Tagged # Agrii benchamrking, AgriiMAP, andrew richards, better soil structure, cash crop, cover crop, diversity of soil, farm benchmarking, grower, heavy land, MAP, no-till, organic matter, regenerative agriculture, soil health, Soil structure, surface drainage
Putting Covers Into Context with Understanding
January 18, 2021
Cover and catch cropping may work well for many managing lighter and erosion-prone soils but for those on heavier and more difficult ground they remain very far from the answer to any sort of maiden’s prayer. The right cover crops… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agrii stow, Agrii trials, catch, catch crop, cover, cover crop benefits, cpver crops, crop, crop rotations, cultivation, cultivation techniques, david felce, heavy-alnd, soil, soil health, steve corbett, Stow Longa, winter what
Deeper Thinking For The Best Wet Winter Recovery
May 4, 2020
How well we recover from last winter is far more about what we grow and how we grow it after the crops we have in ground this season than it is about how we manage land that has been too… Read more
Tagged # autumn, black - grass, blackgrass, crop, establishment, Felce, harvest, Rhiza, soil, soil health, sol recovery, spring, Stow Longa, stow longs, winter
Understanding Soil Biology to Build Future Farming Resilience
January 12, 2020
State-of-the-art DNA analysis is highlighting valuable differences in soil biology under different soil management regimes, offering the opportunity to secure real and lasting improvements in both crop and environmental health. As part of the Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST) programme,… Read more
Tagged # assist, ceh, cultivation, ecology, fertiliser, Melanie Armbruster, microbiome, molecular ecology, Richard Pywell, Rob Griffiths, soil biology, Soil DNA, soil health, Stow Longa, testing, Tim Goodall, trials
Building on a Traditional Recipe with Innovation in Fife
December 20, 2019
At first sight Lacesston at Gateside near Cupar is a traditional North east Fife family farm. Potatoes and spring barley are its mainstays, with soft wheat grown for distilling and oats for Quaker. All its sandy loam arable ground is… Read more
Tagged # agronomist, barley, conservation, cover crop, donald hay, john weir, liming, oats, potatoes, precision agriculture, Precision Farming, precision growing, rtk precision, scotland, soil care, soil health, sustainable agriculture, variable rate, winner
UPDATE: Winter Cropping Options
December 17, 2019
The extremely wet Autumn has left many of you asking how late can winter crops be sown and, even if it’s possible at all. The good news is that there are options available to you and our Technical Team have… Read more
Tagged # barley, crops, establishment, oats, skyfall, soil health, winter, winter wheat
Exploring the Latest Cover Crop Thinking
December 12, 2019
In the right place, catch and cover cropping can noticeably improve the health, workability and resilience of soils as well as making valuable contributions to environmental protection. But to be cost-effective they need to be well-planned and managed. They must… Read more
Tagged # advice, Agrii SOils Improvement Group, below ground, cover crop, crop establishment, east anglia, establishment, kent, knowledge exchange, no-till, OSR Companion, research, root depth, rooting, six counties, soil health, Soil structure, spring crops, strip tillage, sugar beet, tips, tour